Friday, 25 November 2011

Ivywood - Rough Cut



This is the rough cut for my trailer 'Ivywood', the rough includes the RAW FOOTAGE of my trailer without any title cards or transitions. However, my soundtrack had already been selected so this is shown in my rough cut.

Final Piece - Preperation

As a group, we created storyboards to outline what SHOT TYPES we wanted to use throughout the scenes and in which order.

This was the storyboard for our CROSS-DRESSING SCENE, involving Mickey (Matt B) and Rosé (Laura).



This is the storyboard for the scene involving Chandelier (Kate) FINDING OUT SHE'S PREGNANT and then telling her  boyfriend Rhino (Matt E). This storyboard also contains the shot types for RHINO'S DISTRAUGHT SCENE.

This was the storyboard for a scene that we LATER DECIDED TO CUT from our trailer. The scene supposed to involve Angel (Kerrianne) and Kim (Katie), we didn't shoot this scene as we felt that it didn't fit with the rest of our storylines.


We created a shooting schedule to ensure that we didn't miss any scenes out whilst filming, it included WHERE the shots were being filmed and WHO was taking part in each scene. This helped us gain a sense ORGANISATION  therefore we could PRIORITISE each scene. 

Kate wrote a DETAILED BRIEFING for each of the scenes, again this shows the planning for the drug scene which was later cut. 

Final Piece - Planning

LAURA MCCANN, KATE TROLLOPE, KERRIANNE TATTON, KATIE HENDERSON, MATT EWING, MATT BECKWITH

CHARACTERS:
· Matt B: Mickey

· Matt E: Rhino

· Katie H: Kim

· Kerrianne: Angel

· Kate: Chandelier

· Laura: Rosé

STORYLINES:
- Mickey is a cross dresser and likes to dress up in Rosé’s clothes when she isn’t at home. She is unaware that Mickey likes to dress up as a woman and is soon to be married to him. Rosé finally walks in on Mickey wearing her favourite dress.

- Rhino is known as a player. Chandelier is known as a stereotypical ‘dumb blonde’ but also a bit of a slag. Rhino has a one night stand with Chandelier at a party and she ends up pregnant. Rhino doesn’t take the news well and finds out via the text, ‘I’m preggers. LOL!’

- Kim is the local drug dealer and is trying to persuade Angel that taking drugs is good. Angel thinks she is a born again Christian and tells Kim to turn to the Bible for answers.
  

Friday, 18 November 2011

Soap Conventions

Dallas Notes

DALLAS

·        Texas – famous for oil which leads to power and wealth.


·        Based on the “Ewing” family.


·        Family feuds, affairs, murder etc.


·        Aired from 1798 until 1991   (13 years)


·        Ran in seasons and started out as a TV drama.




DALLAS OPENING


·        The soundtrack automatically connotes the show, people relate the theme tune to cowboys, glamorous people etc.


·        Establishing shot towards Dallas shows buildings made from glass, highlighting the rich lifestyle.


·        Shots from a helicopter over Dallas – shows the wealth.


·        The characters shown all have perfect appearances – makeup, hair, clothes etc.


·        The shots of land show that the characters can afford things on a greater scale than usual American citizens.


·        Through the seasons, the opening credits haven’t changed that much but the characters have developed into younger and sexier ones to attract new audiences.


·        Dallas 2012 – the use of title cards shows that the trailer has developed. They are used to answer characters questions and give the audience hints at what will happen.


·        Bobby – “moral compass” – in the 2012 trailer, you see that Bobby’s son is carrying on from his father’s past.



DALLAS SCENES – BOBBY DIES.


·       The shot of the huge door shows status, this highlights that the family can afford expensive things.


·       The characters are glamorous – the woman has no hair out of place, perfect makeup and expensive jewellery.


·       The non-diegetic sounds are used throughout the scene to create tension.


·       Mannequins are used to look like a character in a car crash – shows how fake/materialistic the characters are.




BOBBY RETURNS


·       The woman is sleeping in full makeup with her hair perfectly done. She still looks glamorous as soon as she wakes up.